Cigarette smoking pipe



Patented Aug. 26, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CIGARETTE SMOKING PIPE Earl L. Wilson, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application July 5, 1945, Serial No. 603,357

4 Claims.

This invention relates to a cigarette holder, having the form of a pipe and it is one object of the invention to provide a device of this character which has the appearance of a pipe but is so constructed that a person may thrust a cigarette into a holder carried by a mouth piece and then thrust the cigarette and the holder into the stem of a pipe so that the cigarette extends upwardly into the bowl of the pipe, the cigarette being then lighted and smoked after the manner in which a cigarette is smoked when placed in a conventional holder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cigarette holder, resembling a pipe, the bowl of which serves to catch ashes as the cigarette burns and prevent them from dropping onto a iloor or blowing into the eyes of a person driving an automobile.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cigarette smoking pipe, wherein the cigarette holding member constitutes a coupling for connecting the mouth piece of the pipe with the stem of the bowl and includes amember directly engaging the cigarette and serving as an ejector for dislodging a cigarette which has been yconsumed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cigarette smoking pipe having its bowl formed with openings so that air may enter the bowl from a side near the bottom of the bowl and supply air to the cigarette after it has been partially consumed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the cigarette smoking pipe.

Figure 2 is a View looking down upon Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a View showing the pipe in longitudinal section.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional View taken along line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view upon an enlarged scale showing the cigarette engaged in the holder.

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken along the line improved Y 6 6 of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a view showing the holder moved to position for dislodgment of a cigarette.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the cigarette holder.

Figure 9 is a sectional view taken longitudinally through the coupling through which the holder is slidably mounted.

This improved cigarette smoking pipe has a bowl I from which a stem 2 extends. A metal liner 3 is tted within the bowl at its top so that this portion of the bowl will be protected during smoking of a cigarette. A number of openings 4 are formed at opposite sides of the bowl adjacent the lower end thereof, so that air may enter through these openings and supply air to a cigarette which has burned to such an extent that suflicient air would not be received through the open upper end or top of the bowl. The usual mouth piece 5 is provided for the pipe and this mouth piece has its front end internally threaded for detachable engagement with the externally threaded rear end portion 6 of a coupling sleeve 'i which fits snugly within the bore of the stem 2.

rllhis sleeve not only serves as a coupling for connecting the stem with the mouth piece, but also serves as a carrier for a holder 8 which fits within the sleeve and-into which an end of a cigarette 9 is thrust for smoking, as shown in Figure 5. The holder 8 has a collar IB at its front end from which extend bars II and these bars have theirrear ends fixed to a sleeve I2 carrying a ring I3, against which rear ends of the bars abut, the ring serving to block the sleeve I at rear ends of the bars so that smoke will be directed through the sleeve in order to reach the mouth piece. A disc I4 formed with a small opening I5 constituting a smoke passage is mounted midway the length of the bars yII and serves as an abutment for engagement by the inner or rear end of the cigarette when the cigarette is thrust into the collar Il) of the holder 8. Since the bore of the bowl slopes rearwardly and is curved rearwardly at its bottom, the cigarette will be guided upwardly into the bowl of the pipe. and assume the position shown in Figures Y 3 and 5. When it is desired to dislodge a consumed cigarette the mouth piece is grasped and drawn rearwardly out of the stem 2 and carries with it the coupling 1 and the holder 8 which will be shifted forwardly to the position shown in AFigure 7 by frictional engagement of the collar I!) with the wall of the stem, and the pipe may then be inverted and shaken or struck against a hand or other convenient object until the smoked cigarette and the ashes drop out of the pipe. If the cigarette stub remains in the forwardly projecting holder it may be easily dislodgedA without danger of burning a nger as portions of the cigarette stub will be exposed between the bars II. Sliding movement of the holder is guided by the bars I I which are slidably engaged in grooves I6 formed longitudinally in the sleeve 'I and forward movement of the holder is limited by engagement of the ring I3 with the annular shoulder I1 formed in the coupling. A lter I8 extends longitudinally in the mouth piece with its front end engaged in the opening i9 of sleeve I2 and this lter may be grasped and used to shift the holder longitudinally to an extended or retracted position when the mouth piece is removed. When a thorough cleaning is necessary the coupling and the holder may be withdrawn from the stem 2 through the rear end thereof and .all :parts lof the device cleaned and then reassembled.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A cigarette smoking pipe comprising a bowl having a stem extending therefrom, a tubular coupling fitting within said stem and having a threaded portion projecting from the rear end of the stem, the coupling being formed internally with longitudinally extending grooves, a holder in said stem having a collar at its front-end for abutting the front end of the coupling and 4bars extending rearwardly from the collar and engaged in the longitudinally extending grooves formed in the coupling, a sleeve overlapped by rear ends of said bars, a ring extending about said sleeve and engaged by rear ends of said bars,

said coupling being formed internally with an annular shoulder for engagement by said ring to limit 'forward movement of the holder through the coupling, a perforated disc carried by said bars intermediate their ends for engagement by the end of a cigarette thrust into the holder through said collar, a mouth piece having its front end screwed upon the threaded rear portion of said coupling, and a lter `extending longitudinally in the bore of the mouth `piece and having its front end engaged in the bore of said sleeve.

2. -A cigarette smoking pipe comprising a bowl having a stem extending rearwardly from its bottom, a tubular coupling in said stem projecting from the rear end thereof, a mouth piece detachably engaged with the protruding end of said coupling, a holder slidable longitudinally in said coupling for movement from a retracted` position to a forwardly projected position for dislodgment of a cigarette from the holder, and a lter in said mouth piece having is front end engaged in said holder and constituting means for shifting the holder longitudinally when the mouth piece is detached from the coupling.

3. A cigarette smoking pipe comprising a bowl having a stem extending rearwardly therefrom, a coupling in said stem, a mouth piece carried by said coupling and extending rearwardly from the stem, and a holder for a cigarette slidable longitudinally in said coupling from a retracted position to a forwardly projected position by frictional engagement with the wall of the stem for dislodgment of a cigarette When the mouth piece is drawn rearwardly and the coupling withdrawn from the stem, said pipe having the bore of its bowl extending downwardly at a rearward in- Cline for guiding a cigarette upwardly into the bowl when the coupling and a cigarette are thrust forwardly into the pipe stem.

4. A cigarette smoking pipe comprising a bowl having a stem extending rearwardly therefrom, a mouth piece, and a holder in said stem connected with said mouth piece and adapted to receive in its front end a cigarette, the bowl having its bore extending downwardly at a rearward incline into the bore of the stem guiding acigarette upwardly into the bowl when the cigarette is thrust forwardly through the stem and the mouth piece applied to the stem.

EARL L. WILSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,082,393 Baron Dec. 23, 1913 1,527,991 Murphy Mar. 3, 1925 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 134,672 Great Britain Nov. 13, 1919 251,267 Germany Dec 22, 1911 

